pre-departure DONE IS GOOD

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Leaving in a week. Here's what needs to get done.

TO DO

2 copies of passport - one for me to carry and one for parents to keep at home
2 copies of most recent visa - same deal
print directions from airport and contact info for beijing youth hostel

contact central bank so they don't put a stop on my card when beijing ATMs show up
do the same with my credit card

find my china cell, update numbers
find my RMB stash for bus money from airport
decide which laptop case to bring
download skype, again
laptop "i" and "9" keys fixed from chree cat incident

copy ben's limewire library
make CD of american music for gifts
print song lyrics to chinese pengyou CD
import CD's from rprice!

clean bathroom shower blinds floor sink
clean bedroom sheets laundry dust vaccuum pack away clothes i'm not taking
clean kitchen/living room fridge tablecloth/chairs bike outside straighten up tv/dvd/nintendo
clean kia wash dust vaccuum empty


TO BUY
vitamins
tampons - nearly impossible to find and mad expensive in asia
a couple pairs long shorts
new rechargeable batteries


TO PACK
camera batteries battery charger
laptop usb drive
ipod
converter

copies of peace corps app
the alchemist by paulo coelho
life of pi by yann martel
book of chinese chengyu
pocket chinese dictionary
children's books for gifts
journal

clothes
3 pair reefs
tennis shoes
black india dress shoes
basic jewelry
swimsuit?
bandanna
phillies baseball cap
adidas hat
spring purse
liz claiborne red purse
bryn mawr alum tote

travel towel
razor and blades

contact solution -travel size
contacts
glasses and case

toothbrush
toothpaste - travel size
lots of floss
shampoo - travel size

chapstick
tampons
perfume?

vitamins
ibuprofen & basic meds

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